Bills safety Jairus Byrd showed his instincts and great hands on a diving interception to put a nail in the Dolphins' coffin late in the game. Both AFC East teams sit at 4-6 heading into the season's home stretch.

The Bills' offense continued to struggle in short-yardage situations and on third downs, but we finally got to see what C.J. Spiller looks like as a feature back. It's pretty sweet. He finished with 25 touches for 130 yards from scrimmage -- more than the entire Dolphins offense had for the first 56 minutes of the game.

"I answered the critics tonight," Spiller told the NFL Network crew after the game. "I told them I could tote it 20-plus times. It don't matter to me."

Running and defense is a strategy that works well late in the season. For one night, these Bills provided hope they could pull off that strategy. They won a game in prime time for the first time since 2001 and avoided The Fork for another week.